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Mrs Elizabeth Woollery, relict of Robert Woollery esq of Midgham estate, died at Long Pond, Westmoreland, 17/11/1817 and was buried 19/11/1817.
Will of Elizabeth Woollery of [Jamaica but now residing at] Montague Street Portman Square [made in 1816] proved 14/02/1818. Under the will she freed 'my quadroon female slave Sarah Woollery) and left her entire estate to her daughter Margaret Barclay Woollery (q.v.). The will identified Theodore Stone as her brother and Joseph Stone Williams as her nephew. Colin Robertson (q.v.) witnessed her will and attested in 1818.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
PROB 11/1601/192.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Stone
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Spouse
Robert Woollery
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Children
Margaret Barclay
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
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Sister → Brother
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Mother → Daughter
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Aunt → Nephew
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Joseph Stone Williams was described as her nephew in the will of Elizabeth...
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Step-mother → Step-daughter
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Wife → Husband
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Montague Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Elizabeth Woollery (née Stone)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635236 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
